Linux-Hardware Digest #54, Volume #9 Tue, 29 Dec 98 20:13:25 EST
Contents:
Re: Monitor 1024x768 under Win, 640-480 (and flaky) under Linux ("Thomas Bendler")
Re: Human based computers (Was - Fruit-based computers) (Patrick Jelinck)
Re: Linux Partitioning on FAT16 Disk using YaST - Assistance Requested (Patrick
Jelinck)
Re: need to take action on the Winmodem problem (Russell Nelson)
In praise of winmodems (Russell Nelson)
Re: Zip drive manufactured by NEC (Nathan Gilbert)
Re: AWE64 under RedHat 5.2 (Tonny Sejr Kromann)
Re: HP LaserJet 1100es printer ("B. Smith")
Re: ATI All in Wonder Pro on RedHat 5.2 (Andras Istvan-Attila)
Recommendations for a SCSI drive? (Erik)
Re: Moodems that will transmit at 56k? ("Anthony W. Youngman")
Re: winmodems (David Fox)
Cheap Pentium Pro II w 256K cache ... (Sasha Kacanski)
Re: Running Linux on AMD or Cyrix microprocessor (Hashi)
Re: Installing Disk Drive on RH5 Problem (Joel Sloan)
FIPS use (Gilles Cornillere)
Re: Insmod doesn't like Module NE2000. (Sean)
Linux doesn't recognize my DPT PM3334UW (Carlos Apolaya)
Re: Space Orb (Jason McKnight)
Re: HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP !!!!! Ethernet Card Trouble !!!!!!! ("news")
syquest syjet 1.5GB drive (Lee Bennett)
Re: XFree86 Setup on Kapok/Prostar/Futuretech/Network/Gericom Notebook (Gerhard
Henssen)
NeoMagic Chip for Video and Audio ("Ahmed Abukmail")
Re: Stand Alone External ISDN TA's (recommendations plz :) ) (Jason McKnight)
Re: NeoMagic Chip for Video and Audio ("Jeff Cavins")
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From: "Thomas Bendler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Monitor 1024x768 under Win, 640-480 (and flaky) under Linux
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 18:42:21 +0100
>Using XConfigurator, I specified the video card as SiS86c201 -- the file
>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README.SiS says "This driver was primarily
>written for the SiS86c201. It also works on the 202 and the 205." So
>far, so good.
>
>Unfortunately, I have not been able to specify a monitor that gives a
>good result. Selecting Custom Monitor, I have tried all the monitor
>types: non-interlaced SVGA, Super VGA, High-Frequency SVGA, Extended
>Super VGA, Super VGA and Standard VGA. I select the lowest vertical
>refresh rate, allow Xconfigurator to probe the card and accept the
>default.
>
>In non-interlaced SVGA and High-Frequency SVGA the probe suggests a
>default of 1024x768, 8-bit color. When running using startx, however, I
>get, respectively, 4 and 12 overlapping screens across the monitor (ie.
>4 or 12 columns of icons). These icons appear to be at good
>resolution. In addition, the machine totally crashes in most of these
>instances.
Hi David,
when I look at this lines I think your Problem is the incorrect setting for
the monitor frequencys. Try a look in the Web, there are a few miltary
server in the United States with a lot of technical information specialy for
older hardware. Unfortunatly I don't know the adress of the server so I
think you must search it.
Thomas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Patrick Jelinck)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.networking,bionet.plants
Subject: Re: Human based computers (Was - Fruit-based computers)
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 20:25:08 GMT
these math coprocessors will never work...
because the human cpu and the ram can not be overclocked, not even at
100mhz
silicium based fpu's are inaccurate for low speed bio-cpu's
and an fpu bus buffer would not have the necessary capacity ( ~ 1 GB )
9 Oct 1998 23:04:58 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
wrote:
>William Justice Black schrieb:
>>
>> gus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> : Larry Smithmier wrote:
>> : > Tristan Wibberley wrote:
>> : > > Frampton Steve R wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> : Firstly, the concept:
>> : "Bio-interactive computational entity for additional analytical
>> : abilities for humans" In laymans terms, a device inserted in to a human
>> : which will allow previously impossible calculations to be performed
>> : "internally". The concept specifies that this bio-compatible computer
>> : will provide an additional support role for for the computational and
>> : analytical processes of the human brain. It will not supercede the brain
>> : as a processing unit. The brain will still be most important, otherwise
>> : we have an andriod, not a human.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> Honestly, I'd be happy if I just had a decent mathco ;-)
>
>There's an SF book where humans have got mathematical coprocessors
>implanted in their brain (as well as pagers etc.).
>IIRC, it's _A_New_Proteus_, I don't recall the author.
>
>mawa
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Patrick Jelinck)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux Partitioning on FAT16 Disk using YaST - Assistance Requested
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 20:28:07 GMT
1) postings in these newsgroups often recommend to put dos logical
partitions at the beginning of extended partition and linux after
them.
Other alternative: install linux in a primary partition
(you can have only 1 dos primary partition, but 1 extended partition
and up to 2 primary partitions other than dos or win95)
primary dos + 2 * other primary + extended = 4 in total
2) There is one thing strange thing in your partitioning. Why is there
no dos partition in extended with letter "D" ?
On Fri, 9 Oct 1998 16:41:08 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tony K.
Olsen) wrote:
>Hi Everyone,
>
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From: Russell Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: need to take action on the Winmodem problem
Date: 29 Dec 1998 16:02:01 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nico Kadel-Garcia) writes:
> No. Forcing users to have another power plug on their desk and more
> cables to cope with sucks pretty severely, even if Dasblinkelights
> are extremely useful for troubleshooting.
It's "dasgeblinkenlights".
--
-russ nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://crynwr.com/~nelson
Crynwr supports Open Source(tm) Software| PGPok | There is good evidence
521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | that freedom is the
Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | cause of world peace.
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From: Russell Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: In praise of winmodems
Date: 29 Dec 1998 16:04:19 -0500
A winmodem would work *great* in a voice-only application. Why?
Because the toughest DSP work is encoding/decoding DTMF (duh), and
because you lose the byte-stuffing and serial-port interfacing needed
for an external voice modem.
--
-russ nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://crynwr.com/~nelson
Crynwr supports Open Source(tm) Software| PGPok | There is good evidence
521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | that freedom is the
Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | cause of world peace.
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Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 22:44:29 -0800
From: Nathan Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Zip drive manufactured by NEC
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There was a series of NEC drives that were just plain bad. My suggestion
would be to return the drive and get one that is actually manufactured by
iomega.
root wrote:
> Hi,
> has anybody tried to use the internal ATAPI zip 100 drive manufactured
> by NEC (Win95 says that firmware revision is 13B)? It is detected by
> linux, but it is not possible to mount a partition. If I look at the
> partition table using linux fdisk, it seems to be completely corrupt.
> Using other drives I can mount all my disks correctly. Any ideas ?
>
> G. Jablonski
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From: Tonny Sejr Kromann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AWE64 under RedHat 5.2
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 21:57:36 +0000
> When ever I try installing my SB AWE under the Linux shell setup, it fails,
> how can I fix this?
Did you work with the plug and play stuff? Isapnp-tools?
Okay I tried it all (I think) and nothing worked. It took weeks. At last I
tried the commercial demo from http://www.opensound.com, and it ran in 10
minutes. Then I bought it. It's $30, which I could afford.
There is also at AWE32/64 Howto somewhere
--
Tonny
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From: "B. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP LaserJet 1100es printer
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 10:47:51 -0600
I probably will go ahead cross my fingers and order this printer - despite
HP's lack of support for Linux. The only difference between the 1100se
and 1100xi (besides price) is the bundled Windows software. Since I have
no use for Windows, I'm going with the cheaper package. Internally the se
and xi are identical. As Frank indicated they use the PCL 5e language.
The HP LaserJet 6L used the PCL 5 language. Hopefully the later is
compatible with the former... I just talked to a support person at HP who
claims that the languages are backward compatible.
On 29 Dec 1998, Frank Miles wrote:
>
> I haven't heard anything about the 'es' variant. How does this vary
from
> the 'xi' model?
>
> As far as the 'xi' model, my recollection is that the 1100xi supports
> PCL 5e code, so should work with printer drivers that use that code.
> According to PC Magazine's annual printer review, this printer can be
> operated under MS-DOS, so shouldn't be a brain-dead WinPrinter. Again,
> I don't know anything about an 'es' model -- it could be different!
> As I am about to order one myself, please let me know if reality
> proves different than the advertising copy!
>
> -frank
>
>
>
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From: Andras Istvan-Attila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI All in Wonder Pro on RedHat 5.2
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 23:05:41 +0100
Try to upgrade the following packages:
http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/os/Linux/distributions/redhat/redhat-5.2/updates/i386/XFree86-3.3.3-1.i386.rpm
http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/os/Linux/distributions/redhat/redhat-5.2/updates/i386/XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.3-1.i386.rpm
http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/os/Linux/distributions/redhat/redhat-5.2/updates/i386/XFree86-Mach64-3.3.3-1.i386.rpm
http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/os/Linux/distributions/redhat/redhat-5.2/updates/i386/XFree86-libs-3.3.3-1.i386.rpm
http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/os/Linux/distributions/redhat/redhat-5.2/updates/i386/XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.3-1.i386.rpm
http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/os/Linux/distributions/redhat/redhat-5.2/updates/i386/XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.3-1.i386.rpm
If you have a fast modem ;-|
Run Xconfigurator again. It worked for me.
Alexander Sebestian wrote:
> Hi!!
>
> Have big problem with my fucking ATI Grafikcard.
>
> Using a ATI All in Wonder Pro PCI Card on an Cyrix X686 with an Philips 7CM
> 3209 15' Monitor.
>
> The same hardware is running under fuckin Microshrott Win 98 without any
> problems.
>
> Under RedHat 5.2 I'm not able to start any XWindow. And if I can start one
> I only see stripes!! No more idea now.
>
> Please help!!!
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
Istv�n-Attila, Andr�s
IT Consultant at CVSI
mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
tel.: +46 708 703 605
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From: Erik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Recommendations for a SCSI drive?
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 17:37:48 -0500
Does anyone have a suggestion for (a) a SCSI controller, and (b) a SCSI
drive for Linux boxes? I'm not quite sure what to make of all the SCSI
terms (Ultra SCSI, Wide, Ultra Wide, Fast SCSI, etc).
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Erik
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From: "Anthony W. Youngman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Moodems that will transmit at 56k?
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 00:21:10 +0000
Reply-To: "Anthony W. Youngman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, erikc
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>
>What is your actual billing (ISDN, time on line, etc) on a monthly
>basis. Here in the US, you have to pay an arm and a leg (something
>like US$60/month) for the service, it isn't that great, and it is not
>available in some areas.
>
In the UK it costs about GBP100 to install. I think it then costs about
GBP50-GBP70 per quarter line-rental (i.e. simply having it there), and
the calls themselves cost EXACTLY THE SAME as any other phone call, i.e.
roughly 1pence weekend rate, 2pence evening rate or 3pence peak rate per
minute.
The actual costs should be available at www.bt.co.uk somewhere. And if
you're paying for proper ISDN, that comes with MSN (i.e. multiple phone
numbers) and all the other gubbins.
There's a "cheap" ISDN called home highway, and if you are a moderately
heavy Internet user who has two phone lines anyway, it can actually work
out cheaper to change to highway from analogue.
As for the other (German) poster, their telco costs are higher than
ours, but one advantage of a state monopoly is that they changed the
rules some while ago - analogue is (noticeably?) more expensive than
digital, and it may be impossible to get a new analogue line installed.
--
Anthony W. Youngman - wol at thewolery dot demon dot co dot uk
Trousers with a single hole in their waistband are topologically equivalent
to a doughnut. These sugarcoated trousers have yet to catch on at fast-food
outlets! (SuperStrings by F. David Peat)
If replying by e-mail please mail wol. Anything else may get missed amongst
the spam.
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Crossposted-To:
alt.unix,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,at.linux,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: winmodems
From: d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox)
Date: 29 Dec 1998 14:41:40 -0800
d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox) writes:
> Henry Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Two observations:
> >
> > 1) I've been doing a bit of research now looking for an internal V.90 modem
> > that will plug into my PCI bus as I don't have any ISA slots
> > free. It appears that all PCI bus V.90 modems (Please correct
> > me if I'm wrong) are "winmodems" or need special drivers to work
> > either under Winblows or DOS.
>
> The Multitech MultiModemZPX-PCI (Model number MT5634ZPX-PCI) *appears*
> to be a PCI bus "realmodem" (tm). Someone should try it in a Linux
> box. I see it at www.mcglen.com for $145.84.
According to another thread in this group ("RedHat 5.2 Compatible
56K Voice/Data/Fax Modem") the modem seems to work under Linux. If
the modem the poster is talking about is indeed the PCI model, as it
seems to be.
--
David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: Sasha Kacanski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cheap Pentium Pro II w 256K cache ...
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 17:01:10 -0500
Hi All,
Sorry for using NT to send message, i need it for my graphics work.
I could not believe, but it came up that Pentium Pro 200 w 256k cache is
very expensive these days.
Maybe I am looking at the wrong places, but I would appreciate any
pointers for the bare cpu prices.
I was looking in no more than $200 for the second CPU, so that I can
finally setup my production Linux server.
/s
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 18:27:44 +0000
From: Hashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Running Linux on AMD or Cyrix microprocessor
re:
---
> I run an AMD K6-3D 300Mhz 100Mhz PC100 bus and 64MB Ram, 14GB worth of Quantum
> and Maxtor IDE drivespace. SoundBlaster AWE64. RedHat 5.1 fully updated - Linux
> Kernel 2.0.36 specifically tuned to my machine's needs. Blackdown's Java Port
> 1.1.7 and TYA1.2 JIT. Mesa3.0 with GLUT. KDE fully tricked out. All the
> goodies. Netscape full accessorized, RealMedia Client for Unix, Synaesthesia,
> JCthugha, Bomb, x11amp, xanim with mov and avi support. Hitchhiker, mHockey,
> SimCity. Wine981211. BitchX. More software than I can download and run.
>
> My machine runs like a top and registers 599.50 BogoMips. Hello.
>
> Rock on!
---
bloody hell and then there are some of us that have to make do with
486s, low end Pentiums, scavenging and "hand me down"s :-(
--- --- ---
.~. the way of the Sacred Penguin is the path of
/V\ the truly righteous...
// \\
/( )\ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
^`~'^ http://thor.prohosting.com/~hashaday
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From: Joel Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: Installing Disk Drive on RH5 Problem
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 22:28:20 GMT
Johnny El wrote:
> Hi
> I have RH5 on a P150 with an ADAPTEC Ultra SCSI adapter.
> On this adapter I have a tape and a 8GB Disk Drive.
> I would like to add IBM-DGHS18U Ultra Disk Drive as an addition but it
> always boots without mounts and it stop in the middle of boot and asks for a
> password for maintanece.
> The 18GB disk is recognized well in the ADAPTEC boot and during the linux
> boot.
It sounds as though Linux is trying to tell you something - perhaps a manual
fsck is needed.
Pay close attention to the messages which appear while the system is trying to
mount the filesystems...
Did anything change which would affect any of the partitions listed in
/etc/fstab?
js
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From: Gilles Cornillere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FIPS use
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 00:32:33 +0100
Having in mind to create LINUX partition (2 Gig)on already existing
WIN95 5Gig partion ( ONly use on 1 Gig) , using FIPS, would like to
know advices on that specific matter.
Any strong risk ? System is Compaq Armada 7800.
Many thanks
Gilles
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From: Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Insmod doesn't like Module NE2000.
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:40:05 -0600
In my experience ethernet hardware drivers do not work well as modules, compile
it into the kernel.
R.C. wrote:
> I have been trying to get my ISA D-Link DE-220PCT working under SuSE 5.3. I
> have already used the utility on the installation disk to turn off PnP to
> avoid problems there. There are no conflicts with other cards that I know
> of... But when I do an insmod ne, I get six lines of errors after it:
> /lib/modules/2.0.35/net/ne.o: unresolved symbol ei_open
> /lib/modules/2.0.35/net/ne.o: unresolved symbol ethdev_init
> /lib/modules/2.0.35/net/ne.o: unresolved symbol ei_debug
> /lib/modules/2.0.35/net/ne.o: unresolved symbol ei_interrupt
> /lib/modules/2.0.35/net/ne.o: unresolved symbol NS8390_init
> /lib/modules/2.0.35/net/ne.o: unresolved symbol ei_closed
>
> This thing is really starting to tick me off. I have spent the last two
> days working on this thing, to no avail. I have tried different settings,
> recompiling, and removing other cards. Any and all help would be
> appreciated.
>
> RC
--
________________________________________________
Sean Harper [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Technician/Programmer Computer Gallery
www.cgallery.com Redhat Linux Reseller
________________________________________________
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From: Carlos Apolaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux doesn't recognize my DPT PM3334UW
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 19:31:18 -0500
Hi,
I have a DPT PM3334UW SCSI card, but i cannot install it sucesfully.
I am using the SuSE 3.2 bootdisk (which includes the EATA_DMA driver),
but when i try to load it, i receive a message like:
Hba at 0x820 does not react to INQUIRY command, sorry
scsi: 0 hosts
By the way, my linux kernel version is 2.0.33
Mabe i are overlooking some parameter, but i cannot find any
information about such thing. Any suggestions?
Cheers,
Carlos
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From: Jason McKnight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Space Orb
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 13:08:14 -0500
svgalib 3.3.2 references the Space Orb. Go check that out.
"J. Jefferson Gray" wrote:
> I know I've seen info on this somewhere, but could someone point me to
> where I might find information on using a space orb with Linux?
>
> Thanks!
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From: "news" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP !!!!! Ethernet Card Trouble !!!!!!!
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 14:05:22 -0500
use the wd driver.... works for me with rogers@home
T1 wrote in message <36884776.751144@news>...
>I am trying to install Redhat Linux 5.2 onto my system via FTP since I
>am sick and tired of buying Linux by the time a new version always
>comes out. Besides, I don't have anymore hard drive space although I
>formated a hard drive for RH linux. I am using an SMC PCI 10 Ethernet
>card and I have a direct connection via Cox@home. I downloaded both
>the supp and boot images and placed them to two floppies, booted via
>my floppy, chose FTP as installation option, inserted supp disk, and
>then I had no problem choosing NE2000 PCI. However, when I got to the
>autoprobing option, I got that annoying and irritating error message
>saying "SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource Temporarily Unavailable." Anybody got a
>solution to this error message?
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From: Lee Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: syquest syjet 1.5GB drive
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 00:33:35 +0000
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Hi All
I have just bought a syquest syjet drive, I am running RedHat 5.1 on
kernel 2.0.35. The drive is SCSI but connects to the PC via the parallel
port (the drive comes with a interface cable). I have had some limited
success getting the drive to working using the epst.o module (this was
taken from the www.torque.net/parport) but it is so slow it is unusable.
I know the best solution would be to buy a proper SCSI interface card
but I would like to get this working so I can use it as a portable
drive. Any help would be useful
--
Lee Bennett
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi All
<p>I have just bought a syquest syjet drive, I am running RedHat 5.1 on
kernel 2.0.35. The drive is SCSI but connects to the PC via the parallel
port (the drive comes with a interface cable). I have had some limited
success getting the drive to working using the epst.o module (this was
taken from the www.torque.net/parport) but it is so slow it is unusable.
I know the best solution would be to buy a proper SCSI interface card but
I would like to get this working so I can use it as a portable drive. Any
help would be useful
<pre>--
Lee Bennett
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Gerhard Henssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: XFree86 Setup on Kapok/Prostar/Futuretech/Network/Gericom Notebook
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 19:46:19 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've recently bought a Kapok 1100M Notebook.
> It's an OEM Model also sold from Prostar, Futuretech, Network,
> Gericom and some others.
>
> It has a S3/ViRGE MX+ Chipset. SuperProbe says it's the S3 ViRGE/MXP
> Chip.
> I can't get XFree to run on this notebook. I tried different Modelines
> etc. and the best thing I got so far was a crippled XFree Screen on
> the left half of the screen. I was unable to recognize anything exept
> my mouse. It was the only thing movin... ;-)
>
> Is there anyone who has some modelines or technical specifications (V
> or HFreq etc) for the TFT Display or even a complete XFree86-config
> File? Thank you.
>
> BTW: The TFT Display is the 13.3 inch Version with a maximum
> resolution of 1024x768.
>
> bye,
> Andreas
> To send reply, remove the no-spam.com from the domainname.
> TNX
I've the same problem with an IPC Starnote AMD333. Same Chipset and TFT
Display.
There is an accelerated server on
http://www.xig.com/support/demo2.html
I've tried the Demo-Server and it worked fine .... Any other suggestion?
Gerhard
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From: "Ahmed Abukmail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NeoMagic Chip for Video and Audio
Date: 29 Dec 1998 18:13:57 GMT
Hi, I am interested in buying a Dell Inspiron 3500 notebook, and from what
I hear that video and sound are handled by one singe NeoMagic Card. I know
that some people have configured this notebook to work well with Linux. My
question is to those of you who have configured it or those of you who have
configured similar notebooks.
1) Can you get 24 or 32 bit display using RedHat's NeoMagic Server that
comes with the RH 5.2? If not does it work with XiGraphics' commercial
server with 24 or 32 bit? or is it just not possible.
2) Does 4Front Tech. Support the soundcard using the OSS/Linux drivers that
they provide? Otherwise, how do you configure this sound card?
3) The Final question is really related to modems. Someone mentioned that
Dell sells this notebook with a winmodem. Do they have an internal modem
that they can sell this notebook with, other than PCMCIA card, since I'd
rather use the internal modem and not waste the space in the laptop and use
the PCMCIA slots for something else.
Thanks
Ahmed
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From: Jason McKnight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Stand Alone External ISDN TA's (recommendations plz :) )
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 13:13:05 -0500
"Henry T. Nettles" wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Dec 1998 01:35:00 -0500, "Winter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >I was wondering if anyone here was using a stand alone external ISDN
> >Terminal Adapter.
> >I am looking for one with POTS jacks that will function when the computer is
> >off (if that
> >exists :) ). Any suggestions or information will be greatly appreciated..
> >
> >TIA,
> >Mike
> >
>
> Why don't you just get an ISDN router? The Netgear RT-328 can be had
> for around $250, delivered, and works great with
> W95/W98/NT4/NT5/Linux....
I have the above router and love it. It is super easy to configure and is totally
independent of your system. Get the FA310Tx card to go with it and you will have
everything going in a matter of minutes.
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From: "Jeff Cavins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NeoMagic Chip for Video and Audio
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 00:38:44 GMT
I've got a Dell Inspiron 3500 and installed Redhat 5.1 on it. The Dell uses
a Neomagic Mediamagic 256AV combined audio/video chipset. Use the Neomagic
XServer which can be downloaded from most of the Redhat mirrors. It works
fine, but defaults 8-bit color. You need to add a DefaultColorDepth 16 or
24 to the display section XF86Config file depending on the color depth you
want. By the way this chipset appears to be used in the Gateway Fireant,
the Sony Vaio PCG 800 series, and the Toshiba Tecra 8100. I think its also
used in certain versions of the IBM Thinkpad 380 and 600 series, but I
haven't been able to verify that.
It took me a while to get the sound working correctly. It configures as a
Sound Blaster Pro compatible with IRQ=5 DMA=1,0 IO=220. I set my disk up
for dual boot Linux/Win98 (because of the internal winmodem). If you let
the machine boot to Win98 then do a warm reboot to Linux, you'll never get
the sound to work. The Win98 audio driver apparently does some things to
memory which hold over into reboot and make the sound inaccessible. The
sound works on my system now, but its a lot weaker than when I'm booted into
Win98.
Unfortunately, the internal modem is a winmodem (a fact I found out ex post
facto, Dell's site doesn't tell you anything about the type of modems they
sell with their systems). You can buy their Gold modem (tremendously
overpriced) or get one of your own from a third party. Dell's cheaper
modems, the $99 PCMCIA and the $99 internal modem are both winmodems.
I've had the machine up running with Linux for little more than a month, but
it took me a while to debug the screwy sound problem.
I'd be interested in hearing about anyone else's experience with Linux and
the Inspiron 3500.
Jeff Cavins
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Ahmed Abukmail wrote in message <01be3357$260ed470$cadc0302@infotech09>...
>Hi, I am interested in buying a Dell Inspiron 3500 notebook, and from what
>I hear that video and sound are handled by one singe NeoMagic Card. I know
>that some people have configured this notebook to work well with Linux. My
>question is to those of you who have configured it or those of you who have
>configured similar notebooks.
>
>1) Can you get 24 or 32 bit display using RedHat's NeoMagic Server that
>comes with the RH 5.2? If not does it work with XiGraphics' commercial
>server with 24 or 32 bit? or is it just not possible.
>
>2) Does 4Front Tech. Support the soundcard using the OSS/Linux drivers that
>they provide? Otherwise, how do you configure this sound card?
>
>3) The Final question is really related to modems. Someone mentioned that
>Dell sells this notebook with a winmodem. Do they have an internal modem
>that they can sell this notebook with, other than PCMCIA card, since I'd
>rather use the internal modem and not waste the space in the laptop and use
>the PCMCIA slots for something else.
>
>Thanks
>
>Ahmed
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>
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